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we are waiting for rupert and james murdoch and rebekah brooks testifying. the hearing is under way already. atika, what is the headline out of the hearing so far? >> reporter: well, basically, getting a grilling by the lawmakers about the relationship between his senior officers and news international executives. but, so far, no smoking gun. basically, they are focusing on the hiring of neil wallace, a former deputy of news of the world and he was hired by the metropolitan police as a sort of communications consultant for about a year. now they are questioning about that, because neil wallace was later on arrested for his -- in connection with the investigation into the phone hacking. so a lot of questions being thrown up now. according to paul stephenson, he said they had no way of knowing he was, in any way, involved with phone-hacking allegations when they hired him. he personally did not know of any reason why not to hire him at the time. he is still being grilled on this issue so there may be more coming out of this yet. >> everything has come up about
we are waiting for rupert and james murdoch and rebekah brooks testifying. the hearing is under way already. atika, what is the headline out of the hearing so far? >> reporter: well, basically, getting a grilling by the lawmakers about the relationship between his senior officers and news international executives. but, so far, no smoking gun. basically, they are focusing on the hiring of neil wallace, a former deputy of news of the world and he was hired by the metropolitan police as a...
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and this testimony from rebekah brooks will be broadcast live not only here but around the world. they have to be fairly careful about what they ask her and she will have to be careful about what she says, and i would imagine she will have lawyers sitting by her side. and now she will questioned after rupert and james murdoch. it will be the first time we hear rupert marurdoch questione about the affair. there will be no hiding tomorrow. the spotlight will be firmly on him. >> what can we expect, do we think, the murdochs to say tomorrow? do you expect any big surprises? >> reporter: well, the whole party line, if you like, has been we didn't know what was going on, and we had no idea about the extent of illegal activities. i think they will be requesting closely about come on, guys, there was money being written out to the detectives doing some of the illegal work, and you were signing the checks, didn't you have any idea this was going on? that will be difficult for them. if they say they didn't know, that is incompetent, and then if they did, then that is something else, and i
and this testimony from rebekah brooks will be broadcast live not only here but around the world. they have to be fairly careful about what they ask her and she will have to be careful about what she says, and i would imagine she will have lawyers sitting by her side. and now she will questioned after rupert and james murdoch. it will be the first time we hear rupert marurdoch questione about the affair. there will be no hiding tomorrow. the spotlight will be firmly on him. >> what can we...
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here is a little bit of rebekah brooks. >> rebekah brooks was invited six times a year to 10 downing street under both the former prime ministers. she has not been invited by mae. i have set out -- the great contrast is i have set out things i have in complete contrast to the party opposite. i can say this to the hon. gentleman, i have never held a slumber party or seen her in her pajamas. host: that, of course, was prime minister cameron from this morning talking about his relationship with rebekah brooks. she talked about her relationship with the prime minister yesterday. alex spillius. guest: as mr. cameron was saying, she has been friends not just with him, but previous prime minister gordon brown, and probably tony blair, too. his point was "it is not just me." she slept over at the official country residence one time when gordon brown was prime minister. but david cameron is prime minister now and he is very close to her. in the light of what we now know about what "news of the world closed what journalists were up to, people in britain are having a heart -- what "news of the
here is a little bit of rebekah brooks. >> rebekah brooks was invited six times a year to 10 downing street under both the former prime ministers. she has not been invited by mae. i have set out -- the great contrast is i have set out things i have in complete contrast to the party opposite. i can say this to the hon. gentleman, i have never held a slumber party or seen her in her pajamas. host: that, of course, was prime minister cameron from this morning talking about his relationship...
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rebekah brooks is leaving the company. she was the editor at the time of the news of the world and at the time that some of the most serious allegations were made against it. british police say there are potentially 4,000 hacking victims including celebrities, politicians and terror victims. >>> only 19 days to the default deadline and talks to raise the debt ceiling are stalled in the morning after five straight days of meetings between the president and congressional leaders and negotiations are now on pause. >> the president urging everyone to move this discussion forward. dan lothian is live at the white house. the president is planning to address the nation in three hours from now. we will be covering it live. you will be there. any idea what he is going to say. >> reporter: this is the second time this week the president is holding a press conference. what we're expecting the president to talk about are a couple of things. first of all, getting a deal done. not any deal but according to white aides, the biggest deal
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even rebekah brooks said yesterday this decision was extraordinary. yet the prime minister's chief of staff apparently did nothing with the information. in may 2010 the deputy prime minister warned the prime minister about bringing mr. colson into downing street. he did nothing. on september the 1st, 2010, the "new york times" published and investigation quoting multiple sources saying mr. colson knew about hacking which was r everyone fe at the "news of the world". we now know from yukon yates that article was enough to lead the police to reopen their inquiries and indeed it led to operation weeding. we know now it triggered the resignation of the metropolitan police contract. it toledo the offer by mr. yates for the prime minister to be briefed. now the cabinet secretary has said it's right that offer was not taken up. but the question is why? because it would be seen -- because -- because the prime minister was compromised by his relationship with mr. colson. and, therefore, could not be told anything at all about an investigation concerning a memb
even rebekah brooks said yesterday this decision was extraordinary. yet the prime minister's chief of staff apparently did nothing with the information. in may 2010 the deputy prime minister warned the prime minister about bringing mr. colson into downing street. he did nothing. on september the 1st, 2010, the "new york times" published and investigation quoting multiple sources saying mr. colson knew about hacking which was r everyone fe at the "news of the world". we now...
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rebekah brooks told lawmakers yesterday that she visited cameron's predecessors a lot more often than she saw cameron. listen to this. >> the fact is i have never been to downing street while cameron has been prime minister, and yet under prime minister brown and tony blair, i did regularly go. strangely it was under labor issues, and it was not the current administration. >> six investigations are now under way into phone hacks and bribes to the police. >>> some of the other big stories we're keeping an eye on. we are learning president obama plans to meet with house and senate democratic leadership this afternoon at the white house. 2:50 p.m., to be exact. this all because we're less than two weeks away from the federal government defaulting on its obligations, and congress has yet to work out a deal. president obama's debt-cutting plan can't pass the house and the plan from house republicans can't pass the senate. house speaker john boehner reiterated tuesday that default is not in the cards. and also on tuesday, the so-called gang of six unveiled their plans. it was called, quote,
rebekah brooks told lawmakers yesterday that she visited cameron's predecessors a lot more often than she saw cameron. listen to this. >> the fact is i have never been to downing street while cameron has been prime minister, and yet under prime minister brown and tony blair, i did regularly go. strangely it was under labor issues, and it was not the current administration. >> six investigations are now under way into phone hacks and bribes to the police. >>> some of the...
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when rebekah brooks, his right-hand woman in britain, who gave me my job, she was feature editor and i was looking at the same books we both had. we were spending 4,000 pounds a week on you know, private investigators. doing these kind of practices. it's just extraordinary if she was the department boss who then moved up to to be editor. how could you not notice an expense of over 100,000 a year on this kind of thing and not even ask what it's for. her position is ludicrous. even worse than that, for her to turn round and initially andy colson turn around and say, we didn't know about it, it was a rogue reporter acting on his own, and now five reporters have been arrested, and i've been invited into scotland yard to be arrested three time, and they were just saying, we didn't know, it was just the reporters acting on their own. >> rupert murdoch and his son james and rebekah brooks have agreed to testify tuesday at a hearing on the scandal. stay tuned to cnn. >>> a government plan that actually worked? how do you shutdown one of the nation's busiest roadways and not cause much troubl
when rebekah brooks, his right-hand woman in britain, who gave me my job, she was feature editor and i was looking at the same books we both had. we were spending 4,000 pounds a week on you know, private investigators. doing these kind of practices. it's just extraordinary if she was the department boss who then moved up to to be editor. how could you not notice an expense of over 100,000 a year on this kind of thing and not even ask what it's for. her position is ludicrous. even worse than...
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her name is rebekah brooks, she resigned as ceo of that company. that's the british part of murdoch's news empire. murdoch had given brooks a vote of confidence shortly after the scandal. now she's out. our jim boulden is live for us in london this morning and jim tell us more about this apology, this very public and printed apology for murdoch. >> yes, we learned last night after we heard thatles hinton and rebekah brooks had resigned that rupe. ert murdoch would start to publish today. we are sorry in a number of newspapers, newspapers he owns and some of the competitors, as well. and he says that we are very sorry for the serious wrongdoing that occurred. that's very strong language for rupert murdoch. i'm not sure though it's going to make much of a difference right now. yesterday when he was meeting with the family of a teenager who was murdered in 2002 and whose phone was allegedly hacked into by news of the world, there were people around him when he was walking in heckle him. let's hear that. >> shame on you. shame on you! shame on you! sha
her name is rebekah brooks, she resigned as ceo of that company. that's the british part of murdoch's news empire. murdoch had given brooks a vote of confidence shortly after the scandal. now she's out. our jim boulden is live for us in london this morning and jim tell us more about this apology, this very public and printed apology for murdoch. >> yes, we learned last night after we heard thatles hinton and rebekah brooks had resigned that rupe. ert murdoch would start to publish today....
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>> reporter: we'll also be hearing from rebekah brooks, murdoch's loyal lieutenant. who resigned on friday and arrested on sunday. she has not been charged. mysteriously police found a laptop and papers belonging to her husband in the trash of a car parked near her home yesterday. the contents are now being investigated. rupert murdoch and his son scheduled to appear before this committee for just an hour. the british law doesn't have anything like our fifth amendment. they're compelled to answer questions if they are asked. >> jeffrey kofman starting us in london. >> jeffrey kofman starting us off in london. i want to bring in dan abrams this morning. dan, always good to see you. >> good morning. >> you know, jeffrey points out the empire is huge and not only newspapers overseas but here, as well, everything from "american idol." it will be rupert's performance. how carefully will he choose his words? can anything he says be held against him? >> it's crucial and i'm sure that he's been prepped for this. expect that, of course, he's going to say he didn't have any kn
>> reporter: we'll also be hearing from rebekah brooks, murdoch's loyal lieutenant. who resigned on friday and arrested on sunday. she has not been charged. mysteriously police found a laptop and papers belonging to her husband in the trash of a car parked near her home yesterday. the contents are now being investigated. rupert murdoch and his son scheduled to appear before this committee for just an hour. the british law doesn't have anything like our fifth amendment. they're compelled...
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>> well, i'm referring to rebekah brooks. i'm referring to james murdoch, the obviously has suffered an enormous loss of credibility. >> is part of the problem here the way in which rupert murdoch runs what is a public company as it were a private system? >> well, i think that is the question that is coming up in this country more and more, that this is an issue of governance. and that's a question that will have to go to the board. and we now have a situation, of course, where the murdoch's, people named murdoch are not accountable in conventional ways. and we have a situation in which people named murdoch are suffering a hemorrhage of credibility. you know, and i think that they are reasonably at the point where this hemorrhage has been so great that you have to ask, are these people who ought to be running a great public company. >> he's a pretty old man now. looked one years down the road. is this going to be a company, do you think, controlled by a murdoch? >> you know, i would say, you know, a matter of months down the
>> well, i'm referring to rebekah brooks. i'm referring to james murdoch, the obviously has suffered an enormous loss of credibility. >> is part of the problem here the way in which rupert murdoch runs what is a public company as it were a private system? >> well, i think that is the question that is coming up in this country more and more, that this is an issue of governance. and that's a question that will have to go to the board. and we now have a situation, of course,...
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brooks. backing her insisting she didn't know what was happening at the time that hacking was taking place. the final edition of the paper was published yesterday. 5 million copies were printed, nearly twice the usual run. and the paper issued a full-page apology. dan rivers is live for us in london. good morning, dan. >> good morning. i want to get straight to my guest, martin lewis a lawyer, for milly dowler, the 13-year-old school girl who was murdered and then her phone was hacked into. this case kind of made this whole issue blow up massively. you've just had a meeting with the deputy prime minister. how did that go? >> it was a very constructive meeting. he seems to be on board. this was always dressed up about a story about celeb bri ts and sports people, but it's the victims of crimes, the victims' family and the dowler family in particular which has captured the public's imagination. >> and here, we're hearing, that 9/11 families may also similarly have had their phones hacked into.
brooks. backing her insisting she didn't know what was happening at the time that hacking was taking place. the final edition of the paper was published yesterday. 5 million copies were printed, nearly twice the usual run. and the paper issued a full-page apology. dan rivers is live for us in london. good morning, dan. >> good morning. i want to get straight to my guest, martin lewis a lawyer, for milly dowler, the 13-year-old school girl who was murdered and then her phone was hacked...
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she also had a very close relationship with rebekah brooks, former editor of "news of the world" and former executive of news enter natiint. the yardi guardian newspaper reads fresh test for friendship. it says one woman was an ambitious young tabloid editor, the other a grieving mother who had just lost her 8-year-old daughter in the most horrific circumstances imaginable, but over the next decade, rebekah brooks and sarah forged a close relationship that started as a professional al partnership, but became a close friendship. rebecca brooks has responded on to this story saying it's abhor rant and news international has said that they're really concerned about this and this will be investigated. >> my guess is this will definitely not be the end of the scandal. zain verjee, thanks. >>> want to remind you once again president obama due to speak on the debt crisis in just a few minutes. 10:20 eastern time. we will carry it live. . >>> also the texas gulf coast bracing for tropical storm don, but will it rain enough to quench the drought stricken state? ere's been a 67% spike in compa
she also had a very close relationship with rebekah brooks, former editor of "news of the world" and former executive of news enter natiint. the yardi guardian newspaper reads fresh test for friendship. it says one woman was an ambitious young tabloid editor, the other a grieving mother who had just lost her 8-year-old daughter in the most horrific circumstances imaginable, but over the next decade, rebekah brooks and sarah forged a close relationship that started as a professional al...
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. >> warner: the fate of another former top "news of the world" editor rebekah brooks remains unclear. for now, she remains c.e.o. of the paper's parent company in britain, news international. there may be implications for murdoch's proposed $12 billion takeover of the cable television network british sky broadcasting as well. his news corporation already owns three other newspapers in britain and, in this country, "the wall street journal", "fox news" and the "new york post" among others. this afternoon, reports surfaced that the company might replace the sunday "news of the world" with another murdoch publication. its sister paper "the sun" -- published weekly and saturday-- could add a sunday edition. for more on this story, we turn to ned temko, a writer for the "observer" newspaper in london. ned, welcome back, thanks for being with us. so what was the thinking behind this dramatic decision to shut down this very profitable newspaper? >> well, the best description i've heard this evening is that this is the first newspaper in history to die of shame. but that's not strictly true.
. >> warner: the fate of another former top "news of the world" editor rebekah brooks remains unclear. for now, she remains c.e.o. of the paper's parent company in britain, news international. there may be implications for murdoch's proposed $12 billion takeover of the cable television network british sky broadcasting as well. his news corporation already owns three other newspapers in britain and, in this country, "the wall street journal", "fox news" and...
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the family repeated their call for the news international boss rebekah brooks, who edited the "news of the world" at the time, to resign. >> sreenivasan: in another development, scotland yard released a statement accusing unnamed individuals of trying to sabotage its investigation. part of that probe involves allegations that murdoch journalists paid bribes to police for information. rescuers in russia searched a huge reservoir on the volga river today, after a cruise boat sank on sunday. at least 55 people were killed, with 79 rescued and dozens more missing. it happened about 450 miles east of moscow, in windy, rainy conditions. the boat sank in just eight minutes. today, debris was visible in the water as search boats looked for victims and survivors. families stood by, hoping for news. those are some of the day's major stories. now, back to judy. >> woodruff: and we turn to africa where a nation is born, but with many troubles. at midnight friday in juba, the capital of the new south sudan, this sign said it all: "free at last". the turning of the clock to july 9, saturday, meant i
the family repeated their call for the news international boss rebekah brooks, who edited the "news of the world" at the time, to resign. >> sreenivasan: in another development, scotland yard released a statement accusing unnamed individuals of trying to sabotage its investigation. part of that probe involves allegations that murdoch journalists paid bribes to police for information. rescuers in russia searched a huge reservoir on the volga river today, after a cruise boat sank...
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earlier this year, rebekah brooks was asked to clarify that. i was responding to a specific line of questioning on how newspapers get information. my intention was to comment on the belief that payments had been made in the past two police officers. if i gave the impression i had knowledge of specific cases, i can assure you that this is not my intention. who even more worryingly, only last night we discover that they had handed over copies of documents that appeared to show that the former editor authorized a series of payments to police officers onto tens of thousands of pounds. the truth is, they were doing it appeared that cannot be allowed to get away with it. i know "news of the world" seems to be hanging. surely, the buck stops at these to top. >> i agree with what is being said appeared can we agree that we must not have the possibility of successful prosecutions of people who did these things? >> i will try to prove this. i think it is absolutely essential. my hope is that people who committed criminality is will end up going to prison
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for example, did you know that rebekah brooks is going to be arrested on sunday? >> no. i don't operation weeting complete firewall or on what they're doing. i know nothing of the developments or next developments. >> and what about your future, you have now resigned, no plans to take out journalism as mr. heyman has taken up? [laughter] >> what about "the guardian"? [laughter] on a serious point i have expressed regrets that more wasn't done about those potentially affected in 2005, six and 2009. i've paid a heavy price for it announcing my intention to sign but i am accountable for what took place. i think we have also must remember that it is not the place that have failed here in every respect. it is me the international failed to bite us as they should have provided us in 2005-6. i yesterday said i was accountable, and i need to be accounted. i have done that. i think it's time for others to face up to the response does and do likewise. >> and who do you mean by that? >> i think it is very clear. news international. >> and since you discovered what's been going on,
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the lawyer for ceo rebekah brooks says his client is not guilty of any criminal offenses. his comments come as brooks was released on bail that took place this weekend. the bbc is now also reporting that the trusted rupert murdoch exec will testify in front of a parliamentary committee examining the case. interesting, given a lot of members of parliament are suspected of being involved in this too. nbc news's stephanie gosk now breaks things down from london. >> reporter: london's top cop resigned under intense pressure after it emerged that scotland yard hired a former "news of the world" editor as a media consultant in 2009. the former editor, neil wallace, was arrested for his connections with the phone hacking scandal last week. in stepping down, stevenson denies any wrongdoing. >> i have heard suggestions that we must have suspected the alleged involvement of mr. wallace in phone hacking. let me say unequivocally that i did not and have no reason to do so. >> stephenson says he quit because he's become a distraction for scotland yard, which has been criticized for its
the lawyer for ceo rebekah brooks says his client is not guilty of any criminal offenses. his comments come as brooks was released on bail that took place this weekend. the bbc is now also reporting that the trusted rupert murdoch exec will testify in front of a parliamentary committee examining the case. interesting, given a lot of members of parliament are suspected of being involved in this too. nbc news's stephanie gosk now breaks things down from london. >> reporter: london's top cop...
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but their chief executive, rebekah brooks, can be forced to come and answer questions. it's going to be fascinating next tuesday to see who turns up and what they say, and i would imagine this story will just keep rumbling all summer. now as you say, with senator jay rockefeller also getting interested in this in the states as well, this is now not only a u.k. story, it's an international story. it's a u.s. story as well because, of course, rupert murdock has interests all around the place, not just here, he's got "the wall street journal," fox news, "new york post" to name but a few. >> i want to ask you this. you mentioned rupert murdock and his son not being british citizens can't be forced to testify before parliament. what is the outcome if they do? in the united states we have a lot of people called to testify before congress, subpoenaed, they have to go. but it's unclear unless you lie to congress, what the consequences are of that. are there really consequences to this editor in chief being called before parliament? >> well, it's tricky. i mean for a british cit
but their chief executive, rebekah brooks, can be forced to come and answer questions. it's going to be fascinating next tuesday to see who turns up and what they say, and i would imagine this story will just keep rumbling all summer. now as you say, with senator jay rockefeller also getting interested in this in the states as well, this is now not only a u.k. story, it's an international story. it's a u.s. story as well because, of course, rupert murdock has interests all around the place, not...
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rebekah brooks, the head of news international, is scheduled to appear, and we have word that the murdochs themselves, rupert and his son james, also will appear. this story is going to remain in the headlines with investigations continuing in britain and calls for investigations here. it's still going to be a big problem for the murdochs, at least for some time to come. >> allan chernoff, appreciate it. thank you very much. >>> and new jersey senator frank lautenberg has called on the u.s. attorney general to investigate whether this phone-hacking scandal has reached the united states. democrat lawmaker joins me now from washington. thank you so much, senator, for coming on the program today. i want to ask you, first, why call for this investigation? >> well, because the law says any u.s. corporation that bribes a foreign official is subject to severe penalties, not only fines but even criminal penalties, and we want to make sure that this company with all of its influence and the information that it passes to our region isn't doing that, and might they be, if they are doing, it might the
rebekah brooks, the head of news international, is scheduled to appear, and we have word that the murdochs themselves, rupert and his son james, also will appear. this story is going to remain in the headlines with investigations continuing in britain and calls for investigations here. it's still going to be a big problem for the murdochs, at least for some time to come. >> allan chernoff, appreciate it. thank you very much. >>> and new jersey senator frank lautenberg has called...
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now the paper's former ed toyed rebekah brooks is expected to be questioned by police. >> if she had a shred of decency in her, she would have resigned if only because phones were hacked and the family was believed the family was still arrived. >> reporter: the mother and significance ter of the murdered teen was met by british lawmakers on monday and said they are still waiting to hear from the newspaper. >> there hasn't been an apology from rupert or james murdoch. >> reporter: murdoch arrived in london on sunday and says brooks, now ceo of news international, is his priority, but his $12 billion bid for british broadcaster bskyb is now in jeopardy. >> i don't know whether this will happen. the labor party is saying let's delay this, and, you know, the stock is plunging. >> right. >> so it -- it could be a huge blow to news corp. >> reporter: well, it is primarily a political business story but essentially a personal one, and tonight gordon brown, the former british prime minister spokesman issued a statement saying, quote, gordon brown has now been informed of the scale of intrusi
now the paper's former ed toyed rebekah brooks is expected to be questioned by police. >> if she had a shred of decency in her, she would have resigned if only because phones were hacked and the family was believed the family was still arrived. >> reporter: the mother and significance ter of the murdered teen was met by british lawmakers on monday and said they are still waiting to hear from the newspaper. >> there hasn't been an apology from rupert or james murdoch. >>...
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his son and rebekah brooks are also expected to appear. those are some of the latest headlines on c-span radio. >> the c-span network -- we provide coverage of politics, public affairs, nonfiction books, and american history. it is all available to you. find our content any time throughout c-span's video library. bringing our resources to your community. is washington, -- it is washington, your way. >> ann coulter has something to say. sunday, august 7, your chance to talk to the new york times best selling author and syndicated columnist. three hours, starting at noon eastern on c-span2. >> "washington journal" continues. host: karen bass, a democrat, representing california's 33rd district. good morning. talk to us about the cut, cap & balance vote today in the house. do you think any democrats will vote for it? guest: frankly, i think it is very, very bad policy. some of the measures that are in this bill already exist in california. for example, it only takes a majority vote to cut taxes in california, two-thirds vote to raise revenue.
his son and rebekah brooks are also expected to appear. those are some of the latest headlines on c-span radio. >> the c-span network -- we provide coverage of politics, public affairs, nonfiction books, and american history. it is all available to you. find our content any time throughout c-span's video library. bringing our resources to your community. is washington, -- it is washington, your way. >> ann coulter has something to say. sunday, august 7, your chance to talk to the...
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rebekah brooks arrested. reported friday she had resi resigned. she's been released on bail. it's not clear if she'll testify tomorrow. last night in a shock move that has left scotland yard for accepting almost $20,000 in hospitality from a private health clinic after he had yound yund gone surgery. that health clinic was represented by a p.r. firm owned by former editor of "the news of the world." this picture is building up. this cozy relationship between the police and senior executives at news of the world. that made his position very difficult. he decided to step down last night. insisting all the while he had done nothing wrong. >> the issue of my integrity, let me set clear that i the -- the people that know me know my integrity is completely intact. i may wish we had done something differently but i will not lose sleep over my personal integrity. >> reporter: the problem was, though, this kind of web of connections just seems to be getting ever greater as more information comes to light between the police and people at the newspaper, rupert murdoch's newspaper, and n
rebekah brooks arrested. reported friday she had resi resigned. she's been released on bail. it's not clear if she'll testify tomorrow. last night in a shock move that has left scotland yard for accepting almost $20,000 in hospitality from a private health clinic after he had yound yund gone surgery. that health clinic was represented by a p.r. firm owned by former editor of "the news of the world." this picture is building up. this cozy relationship between the police and senior...
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brooks, the then editor of the sun even after the allegations were published. was he that upset if he was willing to accept that wedding invitation. a lot of different facets to this story. the financial aspects with the share price of news international taking a hammering and this morning some of the policemen who have been involved with this inquiry past and present are being questioned by politicians as well. so we're watching that one closely. >> all right. dan, we're going to be following this. new developments really every few hours it seems of this. we'll check in with you again. dan riskers in london. >>> new this morning afghan president hamid karzai's half brother found shot to death at his home in kandahar. ahmed wali karzai was the provencal council chief and suffered gunshot wounds to his head and chest according to hospital officials. a spokesman for kandahar's government claims a guard is responsible for the shooting. the taliban claims the guard was working for them. the u.s. has long suspected ahmed wali karzai was involved in narcotics traffic
brooks, the then editor of the sun even after the allegations were published. was he that upset if he was willing to accept that wedding invitation. a lot of different facets to this story. the financial aspects with the share price of news international taking a hammering and this morning some of the policemen who have been involved with this inquiry past and present are being questioned by politicians as well. so we're watching that one closely. >> all right. dan, we're going to be...